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Forum: Challenges

08-08-2008, 17:42

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

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Posted By Lodesman

The course is True, so the compass would still...

The course is True, so the compass would still point to the Magnetic North Pole,while you spin about the True North Pole. As for the loaves of bread - the math is hurting my brain:dork:

Forum: Challenges

08-08-2008, 16:40

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

N pole; rhumb line

N pole; rhumb line

Forum: Challenges

04-08-2008, 16:58

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

This is the table you need from bowditch (table...

This is the table you need from bowditch (table 22): https://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/APN/Tables/T-22.pdf

Forum: Challenges

04-08-2008, 05:58

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

David is right with using Polaris, but I think...

David is right with using Polaris, but I think you'd have a lot of difficulty checking your compass with the midday sun, especially if you're in the tropics. Easiest method - use any celestial body...

Forum: Challenges

31-07-2008, 13:52

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

Run into Port Townsend?

Run into Port Townsend?

Forum: Challenges

31-07-2008, 13:46

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

Yes - since your dastardly scenario removed any...

Yes - since your dastardly scenario removed any hope of a forecast, I considered the best solution was to rely on past history. Most of the tracked storms over the past 2 centuries follow one of 3...

Forum: Challenges

31-07-2008, 12:09

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

How do you figure the path of the storm being...

How do you figure the path of the storm being WSW? Since the winds jumped from 5 to 35 in less than a day from more or less the same direction, wouldn't you assume the storm is tracking towards you?...

Forum: Challenges

31-07-2008, 04:54

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

Okay - but obviously not the case where the VRM...

Okay - but obviously not the case where the VRM is controlled with a trackball, pushbuttons or a toggle switch. Anyway, it's been a good discussion with a lot of good opinions - perhaps we should...

Forum: Challenges

30-07-2008, 19:59

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

This may have been the case with old-school...

This may have been the case with old-school radars, but I think with most of the radars manufactured in the last 30 years, the VRM and range rings are both plotted "synthetically" and as Coot said a...

Forum: Challenges

30-07-2008, 09:58

Replies: 167

Challenge: How do you solve this?

Views: 18,488

Posted By Lodesman

Are you close enough to the passing ships to get...

Are you close enough to the passing ships to get a "double-echo"?

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